Thursday, January 13, 2011

Up cycling brings hope as a solid concept and solution for the many environmental dilemmas the earth currently faces. The idea of taking would-be garbage and reimagining, reusing and reinventing it is really quite a novel idea: the materials are free and in frightening abundance, there are (hypothetically) no unhealthy aftereffects for the earth, and consumers gain the satisfaction of reusing something potentially wasteful in a new and exciting context again.

In the photo above are two examples of necklaces that have up cycled beads. The round clear crystal beads where originally part of a salvaged crystal chandelier. They made a striking addition to my designs.

I'm anxiously waiting for a box of old broken jewelry from a friends plantation house attic. Who knows what treasures can be up cycled from the discarded items. I'll keep you posted!

UPDATE: the necklace on the left was just sold from my Etsy shop. Yippeee!

About Me

Hello! my name is Lori Dorrington; I am an artist and jewelry designer living in Blue Ridge, GA. I share my studio space with my wonderful husband Chuck and our funny little cat "Buddy". I love to travel and enjoy sleeping under the stars whenever we can get away to camp. I recently retired from the corporate world and look forward to growing my Jewelry Business.